Endocrine Abstracts

PurposeTo describe the role of imaging in diagnosis and detection of complications of necrotising external otitis in diabetic patients.Material and methodsOur retrospective study included 43 diabetic patients who suffered from necrotising external otitis, from 1992 to 2020. All our patients had CT scan of the temporal bones and the brain. MRI was performed in 4 cases.Results<p class...

IntroductionAssociation between diabetes mellitus and cancer outcomes has been demonstrated in several cancer sites. Data for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma are limited. Our aim is to study the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma.Material and methodsA retrospective study of 130 patients treated for upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma,...

IntroductionThyroid nodules are common. They are mostly benign nodules. Thyroid cancer is rare: 1 % of all cancer sites. Thyroid differentiated cancers are the most common histologic types. There are several factors that can predict the malignancy in patients with thyroid nodule. The purpose of this study is to identify the predictive factors of thyroid differentiated cancers.Material and methodsThis retrospe...

IntroductionGraves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents. Treatment strategy includes antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine and thyroidectomy. The optimal treatment of Graves´ disease is still controversial. Our aim is to describe the surgical treatment of Graves’s disease in children and adolescents.Material and methodsWe report the clinical, therapeu...

IntroductionParathyroid surgery is indicated essentially in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. This surgery may present some difficulties even in experienced hands. Our aim is to describe the difficulties that can occur during parathyroid surgery.Material and methodsA retrospective study including 81 cases of hyperparathyroidism, operated between 2001 and 2018.Results<p clas...

ObjectiveThe study’s purpose is to describe the therapeutic management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study including 55 cases of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma treated at our department, from 2000 to 2020.ResultsOur study included 8 men and 47 women. The mean age was 48.64 years with extreme ages from 24 to ...

Introduction: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is the main disorder of mineral and bone metabolism associated with chronic kidney disease. This disorder is characterized by hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Given the high cost and unavailability of calcimimetics, surgery remains a good alternative. In the immediate postoperative period after parathyroidectomy, hypocalcemia is common and close monitoring is critical.Objective: The aim of our work ...

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is the clinical and biological manifestation of excessive and inappropriate parathyroid hormone (PTH) production. It is the third most common endocrinopathy. It is often secondary to a single adenoma (80%). Occasionally, it may be a multi-glandular disease (15-18%). Treatment is surgical.Objective: the aim is to evaluate therapeutic results after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism.Method: This...

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is the third most common endocrinopathy. Minimally invasive surgery using a unilateral approach is now increasingly common. In such cases, preoperative localization of the lesion by imaging is essential. Among the techniques available, ultrasound and scintigraphy play a predominant role.Objective: our aim is to evaluate the diagnostic contribution of ultrasound and parathyroid scintigraphy in localizing the pathological ...

Introduction: hyperparathyroidism is an endocrinopathy affecting calcium metabolism. Its curative treatment is surgical. Postoperative hypocalcemia is one of the main risks of this surgery.Objective: The aim of this study is to identify predictive factors of postoperative hypocalcemia after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism.Method: This is a retrospective study including 84 patients operated on for pimary hyperparathyroidism ...